NFL Power Rankings Week 8

Week 8 gave NFL fans extra football as Sunday both started and ended with games in overtime. The Redskins and Bengals kicked things off by battling after regulation. The Cowboys mounted a fourth quarter comeback to send the Sunday Night Football game against the Eagles into overtime. After a slow start, Dak Prescott was able to make key plays to seal the victory for Dallas. That's just a tip of the iceberg to all that is happening in the league. The AFC West is proving it is for real with the Raiders, Chiefs and Broncos all having outstanding starts to the season. Derek Carr threw for a franchise record of over 500 yards to help seal the victory over the Bucs. The standings are starting to get interesting as teams are fighting to make the playoffs. Heavy looked at the entire NFL to make our list of the top teams heading into Week 9. Click the arrow on the right side of the above photo to see Heavy's Week 8 NFL power rankings. (Getty)

Jonathan Adamsis a sports and news contributor to Heavy. Jonathan graduated from UCF with a Master of Sport Business Management degree and has worked in a variety of capacities in the sports world. Follow him on Twitter @JonDAdams.November 1, 2016 1:02 am

I appreciate the feedback. I don’t just use head-to-head records as that is one week versus an entire season we are considering. You notice I have the Chiefs ahead of the Steelers despite Pittsburgh having a sizable victory over them earlier this season. I think an argument could be made for the Chiefs, Raiders or Broncos to be ranked highest. The health of Alex Smith concerns me a bit but if the Chiefs keep winning they will continue to move up the rankings.

Agree with your order. Watching that Atlanta Green Bay game I think the sleeping giant that is the Green Bay offense may be stirring. They had a lot of inactives yesterday. Should some of those players start showing up to play they might be a factor.